The Leaders of the Five Factions Gather, and Tang Long Leaves Everyone Stunned with One Sentence!
Kolarov also stormed out the door, shouting and cursing!
In his view, such underhanded tactics are despicable in themselves, but using them against teammates is even more despicable.
Ranocchia grabbed Kolarov, indignantly declaring, "This must be reported to the club's management immediately! I'll call Pelle right now!"
Tang Long waved his hand, "Andre, don't rush. If we talk to the higher-ups directly, they'll definitely want to settle things peacefully. Instead, let's unite the whole team, mobilize the locker room, and boycott Nasri together. We need to make him lose the support of the team."
"With the three of us, without support from higher-ups, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult..." Kolarov paused, clearly lacking confidence.
Tang Long neither confirmed nor denied, but instead explained his strategy in detail.
Kolarov and Ranocchia nodded repeatedly.
Ranocchia pondered for a moment, "Alright, let's take this opportunity to give the French-speaking Faction a hard time and curb their arrogance. If this succeeds, it will greatly weaken the French-speaking Faction's position. Milner is gone, Hart is the replacement, and the English-speaking Faction is already weak this season. In this way, the position of our Italian-speaking group will also be improved."
7:30 PM.
At the home of Manchester City captain Kompany.
This large villa is located deep in the mountains on the outskirts of Manchester, a 40-minute drive from the city center.
The road leading to the villa was silent, except for the streetlights, where mosquitoes swarmed and danced.
Luxury cars sped along the road, heading towards Kompany's home.
The Belgium sat in the center of the living room, his face grim.
Tang Long, Ranocchia, and Kolarov sat on either side.
In the afternoon, Tang Long and his two companions visited Kompany's home.
Aside from match days and training sessions, Kompany, who is usually quite reclusive, was rather surprised but still received the three of them politely.
Kolarov, a veteran of the team, recounted in detail how Nasri secretly filmed Tang Long and then secretly provided clues to the Sun, and presented the video recording.
Kompany was furious!
As Manchester City captain, the Belgium never takes sides and maintains a subtle distance from every faction in the dressing room;
He speaks seven languages, more than everyone else in the team combined. In addition, he has been with Manchester City for a long time, is strong, responsible, and has been a regular starter at center-back. Kompany, who never takes sides, Reid and has the status of an elder.
However, after hearing Tang Long's idea of having the entire team boycott Nasri and getting the club to blacklist him, he wholeheartedly agreed!
"This traitorous good-for-nothing, I saw the video. Miss Gracie was only in your house for five minutes from the moment she entered until she left. How could he fabricate such a vile rumor?"
"The Sun incident not only wronged you and Miss Gracie, but more importantly, it brought shame to the club, and I, as the captain, lost face!"
After Tang Long told him his next steps, Kompany and he immediately agreed.
"Okay, let's do it this way!"
So Kompany immediately called the key figures of each of the various groups that afternoon, inviting them to his home at 8 p. m. for an important internal meeting.
No one dared to disobey Kompany's words.
Thus, the Spanish-speaking Faction included Agüero, Silva, and Navas;
The French-speaking Faction Yaya Toure, Sagna, and Bony;
Hart and Sterling from English-speaking Faction;
Fernando and others from the Portuguese-speaking Faction rushed over.
In addition, there were Tang Long and his group of three who arrived earlier.
Kompany's expansive courtyard is filled with numerous luxury cars, including Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, Porsche 911 GTS, and Range Rover Autobiography.
Manchester City teammates got out of the car one after another.
Agüero, the Spanish-speaking Faction, happened to meet Toure, the leader of the French-speaking Faction.
"What's the rush that you need a meeting that very night?" Agüero asked.
"I don't know. Kompany is so far away. It took me an hour and a half to drive there. I asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn't say." Toure shrugged.
The Kompany family has a huge dining table.
After arranging for his wife and children to go upstairs to sleep, he sat down at the head of the table.
Leaders of their respective factions, including Agüero, Toure, Kolarov, and Fernando, took their seats in turn.
The others sat down as well.
The long dining table was filled with more than a dozen people.
Apart from the master Kompany and Tang Long and his group of three, everyone else looked completely bewildered, wondering what all these people were doing together.
"Gentlemen, I'm so sorry to have called you all here so far at night. I'm sorry to have bothered you."
Kompany spoke slowly, his voice deep and resonant, yet carrying an undeniable authority.
All eyes were on Kompany was seated in the main seat.
"As you know, things haven't been peaceful for us lately. Despite our winning streak and our continued lead in the standings, the Sun has attacked our key player, Don, twice in one month, causing significant damage to his personal reputation and the club's standing!"
Upon hearing this, Toure, the leader of the French-speaking Faction, chuckled inwardly and glanced disdainfully at Tang Long sitting below.
Being featured in the Sun twice? Didn't you get yourself into this mess?
If the captain is going to call a meeting of all the important figures in the team because of this, that would be ridiculous. You should talk to Tang Long alone.
"Captain, do you mean we should all boycott the Sun?"
As Joe Hart, the leader of the English-speaking Faction, spoke, he glanced at Tang Long with a rather mocking look.
Agüero, the leader of the Spanish-speaking Faction, remained silent.
He genuinely dislikes tabloids like the Sun, which make a living by digging into players' private lives for clicks.
However, in Agüero's mind, Manchester City has a dedicated public relations department that handles media relations in Britain, so there's no need for the players to discuss such matters themselves.
Kompany ignored Joe Hart and instead looked directly at Toure.
"Toure, I'll be frank then, we're not boycotting trash media like the Sun. They hide in the corner, they have mouths on their own bodies, what do you care what they say!"
"But if we have a traitor in our locker room feeding information to trashy media like the Sun, do you think we should boycott that trash?"
Before Yaya Toure could answer, Kompany took out his phone, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Toure.
"Open your eyes and take a good look! Your French-speaking Faction has produced a traitor Nasri!"
Everyone gathered around and stood behind Toure;
A dozen or so pairs of eyes curiously turned to the phone.
Tang Long, Ranocchia, and Kolarov remained seated, waiting for everyone's reaction.
The cameras installed by the police station on the traffic lights have very high resolution.
Even though they were 50 meters away from Tang Long's house, Nasri could still be clearly seen inside the car when they zoomed in. He stepped on the brakes at Tang Long's door, took out his phone, and then sped away.
Moreover, Tang Long, Diletta, and Gracie happened to appear in front of the door.
People then compared the photo published in the Sun, and found that both the timing and angle of the photo were almost identical to the moment Nasri parked his car.
Agüero, the Spanish-speaking Faction, is a staunch supporter of Tang Long.
A large portion of his goals came from assists by Tang Long. Although he will be injured for some time, his dream of winning the European Golden Shoe may have already been shattered.
However, even after Agüero's return, he still desperately needs Tang Long's help; otherwise, Bony's performance will only get better and better, and his starting position at Manchester City will be in jeopardy.
Agüero immediately slammed his hand on the table and stood up.
"So it was that traitor Nasri who did it!"
"I knew it! How could Tang have made the headlines in the Sun twice in just over a month? Even if the Sun is shameless, they wouldn't target Tang alone!"
Silva, another key player for the Spanish-speaking Faction, was quite unhappy that Tang Long had taken his attacking midfield position;
But he also looked down on Nasri's treacherous behavior!
With Agüero, the leader, speaking out, he had no reason to stand idly by, so he immediately echoed him, denouncing Nasri as shameless.
Joe Hart, the leader of the English-speaking Faction, immediately understood that Kompany had summoned everyone to denounce Nasri.
Looking at the composed expressions of Tang Long and his two companions sitting to the side, it was clear that they had come prepared.
"I support Agüero and Silva's views. Nasri's actions were indeed despicable. No matter what, he shouldn't have gone against the club. Isn't he just making things worse?" Hart said.
Sterling nodded his little head like a chick pecking at rice.
"That's right, that's right, Hart is right! Tang is our brother, no one can frame him like this!"
Fernando, the sole representative of the Portuguese-speaking Faction, remained silent.
The Portuguese-speaking Faction of only two people, making their influence very small. Furthermore, both are defensive midfielders, and they need to help Yaya Toure, the French-speaking Faction, survive. Therefore, Fernando is waiting for Toure's decision.
Toure was also shocked after watching the video!
He never expected that Nasri would do such a despicable thing.
He and Nasri are both veterans of Manchester City, having played for the team for five years.
Through his daily interactions with Nasri, Toure realized that Nasri was an extremely talented man;
But it was precisely because of his carefree and irresponsible personality and his laziness on the court that he failed to realize his full potential.
Once hailed as the leader of the Four Little Swans of France, his reputation has faded with time, and he has become a fringe player for Manchester City!
However, Toure once naively believed that Nasri's marginalization was simply due to his personality, and that the guy was not inherently bad and would not do anything to intentionally harm his teammates.
As for secretly sending letters to the Sun?
Toure wouldn't even dare to dream of it!
What kind of newspaper is this, the Sun?
This wildly popular newspaper, loved by young and old alike across UK, is hated by every Premier League player!
Because their paparazzi would suddenly appear at any time.
They'll be there when you and your girlfriend are arguing over something trivial on the beach, when you casually put your arm around a beautiful woman's waist in a nightclub, or when you're walking down the street and your eyes accidentally glance at someone's chest—the paparazzi will capture it all clearly, then exaggerate it and make a big deal out of it!
Many Premier League players would love to blow up the editorial office and beat up those paparazzi if these media outlets, which seem to thrive on chaos, provided they can stir up trouble!
Now it's all right.
What the paparazzi missed, Nasri, a Manchester City player, has become a paparazzi!
You took the photos, but you deliberately gave them to the Sun? Ha! What, are you the Sun's inside man at Manchester City?
Although Toure was the leader of the French-speaking Faction, he was obligated to protect his underling, Nasri.
However, at this moment, Toure's integrity triumphed over his selfish desires.
He immediately slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his voice booming like a bell.
"Don't worry, Tang, I'll make Nasri apologize to you in the locker room in front of the whole team!"
"That kid is a complete coward! How dare he do something so shameless? I'll teach him a lesson and make sure you get justice!"
Tang Long waved his hand and stood up as well.
"No, Toure, I don't need your talk of justice."
"I have only one demand: to kick Nasri out of Manchester City forever, to remove him from the squad. I don't want to see his face again."
Upon hearing this, Toure's hand, which had been waving excitedly in the air, froze instantly.
Agüero's mind went blank for a moment, and he turned to look at Tang Long.
Hart and Fernando were equally astonished.
Will Nasri be removed from the team roster?